In an e-mail, a spokeswoman for D.C. Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier said her department has “completed the investigation into this matter, and the case has been presented to the OAG for a determination of the prosecutorial merit of the case.”

WaPo carries water for their fellow journalist with the “appeared to hold”. That’s like saying “the Hindenberg appeared to go down in flames”.

Ed Morrisey at HotAir provides the same commentary that’s been made here at the Patriot Perspective since pretty much day one:

DC prosecutes people for violating this absurd law, which has done nothing to keep the area out of the top-ranked gun homicide cities, it should be noted. Either Gregory should be held just as accountable as anyone else in DC for violating the law, or the law should be struck and other prosecutions dropped. There is no journalistic privilege for violating gun laws, no matter how absurd they are — even if the violation eminently demonstrates the absurdity.